Open AccessThe “Double Emergency” and the Securitization of the Humanitarian Approach in the Italian Reception System within the Pandemic Crisis
Author(s) -
Giuliana Sanò,
Omid Firouzi Tabar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dve domovini
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1581-1212
pISSN - 0353-6777
DOI - 10.3986/dd.2021.2.12
Subject(s) - securitization , pandemic , crisis response , quarantine , covid-19 , humanitarian crisis , outbreak , political science , timeline , geography , economic growth , business , public relations , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , refugee , medicine , disease , economics , virology , archaeology , pathology , financial system
The Coronavirus outbreak has revealed the critical situation that can emerge when isolation and quarantine measures are applied to migrants living in reception and detention centers and overcrowded contexts. The paper focuses on events that affected two Extraordinary Reception Centres (CASs) and a Hotspot, located in Northern and Southern Italy. Although the humanitarian paradigm still represents the most functional form of government, this historical moment’s particularity led the authors to reflect on the continuity and change it brings. They hypothesize that the health crisis has downsized the action of care within humanitarian spaces favoring the strengthening of traditional securitarian solutions.